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L089 Programming a Drum Pattern · Fri 2027-02-05 · The Producer's Chair 100%
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Programming a Drum Pattern

Lesson 89 · Unit 4 · Week 22

Programming a Drum Pattern

Friday, February 5

As you walk inAl entrar

  1. Recorder from the bin.Toma tu flauta del cubo.
  2. Chromebook closed.Chromebook cerrado.
  3. Your Unit 2 card is on your desk.Tu tarjeta de la Unidad 2 está en tu pupitre.
The grooves you learned in November go into the machine today.
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Do Now
Which One Is the Card?
¿Cuál es la tarjeta?

The card is printed below. The groove plays twice. One version IS that card and one is not. Which, and where does it go wrong?La tarjeta está abajo. El groove suena dos veces. Una versión ES esa tarjeta y la otra no. ¿Cuál, y dónde se desvía?

The card. Hi-hat, snare, kick. Sixteen steps, counted 1 to 4 underneath.
Version 1, then version 2Versión 1, luego versión 2
Made for this class. The grid and the sound are built from the same data.
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Today
I Can
Yo puedo

I canYo puedo

I can program a groove into the DAW by reading it from my Unit 2 notation card and checking the playback against the card.Puedo programar un groove en el programa leyéndolo de mi tarjeta de la Unidad 2 y comprobando la reproducción contra la tarjeta.

I know I have got it whenSé que lo logré cuando

  • I said which version matched the card and where the other one left it.Dije cuál versión coincidía y dónde se desviaba la otra.
  • I programmed my own Unit 2 groove into the grid.Programé mi propio groove de la Unidad 2 en la cuadrícula.
  • I checked the playback against the card and fixed what did not match.Comprobé la reproducción contra la tarjeta y arreglé lo que no coincidía.
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Warm-Up
Clap the Card
Aplaude la tarjeta
  1. Breathe in for 4, out for 8.Inhala en 4, exhala en 8.
  2. The row with the recording, up and down.La fila con la grabación, subiendo y bajando.
  3. Recorders away. All of them.Guarden las flautas. Todas.
  4. Desk for the kick. Clap for the snare. Count the hats.El pupitre para el bombo. Palmada para la caja. Cuenten los charles.
  5. Twice through, then lids up.Dos veces, luego abran las pantallas.
The row, up and down, 76 BPMLa fila, subiendo y bajando, 76
Made for this class.

Bodies before devices. A groove that is in your body gets programmed far more accurately than one read cold off a card.

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I Do
The Grid Is the Piano Roll
La cuadrícula es el piano roll
Yesterday's grid. The rows stopped being pitches and started being drums.

Sixteen steps in a barDieciséis pasos por compás

Count one-e-and-a, two-e-and-a. A hit either is on a step or it is not. There is no nearly.Cuenta uno-e-y-a, dos-e-y-a. Un golpe está en un paso o no lo está. No hay casi.

Time still goes left to right. That is the only thing you need to already know, and you did yesterday.

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You Do
Your Groove, Programmed and Checked
Tu groove, programado y comprobado
  1. Draw your Unit 2 groove on the paper grid FIRST.Dibuja tu groove de la Unidad 2 en la cuadrícula de papel PRIMERO.
  2. Open "L089 Program It".Abre "L089 Program It".
  3. Program what you drew, step by step.Programa lo que dibujaste, paso a paso.
  4. Play it, and check it against the card hit by hit.Reprodúcelo y compáralo con la tarjeta, golpe a golpe.
  5. Fix anything that does not match.Arregla lo que no coincida.

Sounding right is not the checkSonar bien no es la comprobación

Point at each hit on the card and find it on the screen. One sixteenth is the difference between your groove and a different one.Señala cada golpe de la tarjeta y búscalo en la pantalla. Un semicorchea separa tu groove de otro distinto.

My check found ______ at step ______.Mi comprobación encontró ______ en el paso ______.
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Exit Ticket
Show Me
Muéstrame
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    Why is "it sounds right" not the same as "it matches the card"? 1 pt¿Por qué "suena bien" no es lo mismo que "coincide con la tarjeta"?
  2. 2
    What did your check find, and what did you do about it? 2 pts¿Qué encontró tu comprobación y qué hiciste al respecto?

Pack upA guardar

  1. Groove Card to the front, Unit 2 card clipped behind.La tarjeta de groove al frente, la de la Unidad 2 detrás.
  2. Chromebook docked and plugged in.Chromebook en el carro y enchufado.
  3. I count them before anybody leaves.Los cuento antes de que nadie salga.
  4. Slip to me at the door.Entrégame la hoja en la puerta.
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Monday
Next: Swing and Feel
El lunes: swing y groove

On Monday we take a grid that is exactly right and make it sound wrong on purpose.El lunes tomamos una cuadrícula exacta y la hacemos sonar mal a propósito.

And you will find out why almost every record you like is a little bit late.Y descubrirás por qué casi todos los discos que te gustan van un poco tarde.

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